I am not a great writer, but I do write copy for a living as a marketing director for a medium size corporation. There is some good stuff here (I love the line about Lucas lighting a spark), although I still see some things that can be tightened up and edited. I’ll take a stab at it tonight/tomorrow and let you look at it, ignore it, whatever.
I also agree with others here that the “alternative methods” part needs to be omitted. I think this letter needs to be 100% positive in tone, and that line kind of stuck out to me as I read it as not fitting in with the rest of the message. I really wouldn’t even bring up that whole subject in the first place.
As for the whole nostalgia angle… Heck yeah. Nostalgia can be a very powerful thing, and I totally agree with using that as the foundation for the letter. A personal and passionate plea for something that had such an incredible impact on us growing up, is a sentiment that a lot of people who may possibly read this will be able to relate to.
Anyway, I just watched this cool video that was recently made about that very subject, so it seems perfectly relevant to the conversation here. In fact, we need this guy to make a video for us, haha.